note 73076 deleted from function.mssql-connect by nlopess

Note Submitter: steven.mitchell atttcimdotttcomdotttau ---- I experienced hellish problems while trying to install PHP. I knew the codebase worked as it was running on another machine, but that was using PHP 4.3.3 and and I wanted to install PHP 5.2.0. An overview of my setup: My existing server: - IIS on Windows 2000, PHP 4.3.3. My new server: - IIS6 on Windows Server 2003, PHP 5.2.0 (ISAPI). My DB server: - MS SQL 2000. I encountered two problems, the first problem was with installing PHP 5.2.0 (zip file). The recommended php.ini did NOT work, even with modifications to directory settings. I would either get a blank screen or an error message. I discovered that the existing php.ini file used for our 4.3.3 deployment worked for 5.2.0! I needed to make a few subtle changes but I found that the supplied php.ini file in 5.2.0 simply did NOT work in my environment. I would need to do further testing to determine what the offending lines are. The second problem was with the ntwdblib.dll file. This was easily fixed by downloading a newer version (2000.80.194.0) from http://webzila.com and replacing the file in the C:\PHP directory. I hope this info is helpful! :)